Month: August 2011

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>205 Lotte Road : why doesnt the VOR enforce their laws?

>205 Lotte Road : why doesn’t the VOR enforce their laws?

WHY doesnt the VOR enforce their laws? That is the question here. It should not be up to a neighbor to hire an attorney and chase this builder. Should not be up to you bloggers to post the man’s home address and shame him into completing this project. It should be up to the Village.

The neighbors pay their taxes. They keep up their homes. One call to the Village Manager’s office, and we should see some movement. Ken, thats where you are failing. Your staff will not take action until there is a threat of a lawsuit. Thats the issue here. Should never come down to neighbor agst neighbor or neighbor agst builder. This is where the Village government steps in. Thats why we all pay taxes

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>Love N.J.? It all depends where you live

>Love N.J.? It all depends where you live


If traffic moved without problems and job opportunities were abundant, Monmouth and Ocean County residents might be among the happiest people in New Jersey.

But Monmouth University Poll results released Monday show that people in Morris County feel best about their quality of life in a comparison of the 21 counties. At the other end of scale, a large number of folks in Cumberland County wish they were someplace else.  (Jordan, Gannett)

https://www.app.com/article/20110802/NJNEWS10/308020016/Like-N-J-It-depends-where-you-live
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>Paul Aronsohn : New Jersey Deserves Better

>Paul Aronsohn : New Jersey Deserves Better

By Paul Aronsohn

Enough is enough.

The destructive policies.  The divisive rhetoric.  The disregard for views and lives not compatible with his own.   Taken together, Chris Christie’s brand of slash and burn politics is taking its toll on our state, and it’s time to put an end to it.

He has attacked teachers and first responders.  He has attacked ordinary citizens, who had the temerity to question their Governor.  He has attacked women legislators, calling them “jerks” and “liars” and violently suggested that journalists “take the bat” to one woman who represents a Bergen County district.   And now he is attacking his conservative critics, calling them “the crazies.”

He stuck it to seniors, cutting their “senior freeze” rebates after promising them property tax relief.  He stuck it to low income workers, cutting their earned income tax credit after promising not to raise taxes.  He stuck it to law enforcement officers and firefighters, cutting their pensions after promising to protect what he called a “sacred trust.”

https://www.politickernj.com/49929/new-jersey-deserves-better

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>Optimum online Hot Spots: Who needs cell towers

>Optimum online Hot Spots: Who needs cell towers 

Actually there is a solution without putting up a cell tower. On a good smart phone (such as my I-phone4) a wireless Internet signal is picked up and used in place of the 3g network when available. So if we encourage Optimum online to put a few more hot spots around (as they do in the CBD) there will be no need for the ANTIQUATED cell towers,

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>N.J. aims to cut medical costs in auto insurance

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N.J. aims to cut medical costs in auto insurance

Gov. Chris Christie’s administration, in what it says is an effort to control auto insurance costs, proposed Monday to overhaul New Jersey’s rules to limit medical expenses for people injured in car crashes.
Dozens of revisions to the state’s personal injury protection, or PIP, system would change fees paid to same-day surgery centers, reduce costs associated with alternative providers such as chiropractors and clamp down on attorney’s fees in arbitration cases.  (Symons, Gannett)

https://www.app.com/article/20110802/NJNEWS10/308020014/N-J-aims-to-cut-medical-costs-in-auto-insurance
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>Christie says technology investments a priority for Motor Vehicle Commission

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Christie says technology investments a priority for Motor Vehicle Commission

Gov. Chris Christie said Monday he would consider restoring $5.5 million to the budget for technology upgrades after two computer crashes hampered operations at the Motor Vehicle Commission last month.
Christie blamed Democrats for cutting funds for technology upgrades in the current budget but said he’d be open to restoring the money if the Democratic-controlled Legislature sent a supplemental appropriations bill to his desk.  (Dellis Santi, The Associated Press)

https://www.app.com/article/20110801/NJNEWS/308010063/Christie-says-technology-investments-priority
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>State Workers Unions joining forces to counter Christie

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State Workers Unions joining forces to counter Christie

In an unusual show of collaboration, New Jersey’s public worker unions plan to join together to try to upend Gov. Chris Christie’s signature accomplishment this year: cuts to their pensions and health-care benefits.
Public workers, rather than Democrats, have been the Republican governor’s greatest foil. He gained national attention after calling on teachers to accept salary freezes and blaming the state’s financial woes on workers’ compensation packages, which he mocked in town-hall-style forums across the state.  (Fleisher, The Wall Street Journal)

https://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424053111903341404576482942819488876.html
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>Schools funding plan, Doherty bemoans what he sees as GOP’s failure to engage key political issue

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Schools funding plan, Doherty bemoans what he sees as GOP’s failure to engage key political issue

Armed with his schools funding plan he says would defang suburban Democrats where they live, state Sen. Mike Doherty (R-23) said he’s disappointed his party hasn’t more aggressively adopted this issue in time for November elections.

“Under my schools funding plan, 85% of school districts would see an increase in funding,” said Doherty. “The way you win is to focus on a winning issue. We need a coherent beating of the drum on this issue, and there isn’t one.”  (Pizarro, PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/49918/driving-schools-funding-plan-doherty-bemoans-what-he-sees-gops-failure-engage-key-political-is
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>Surgical centers score Win on regulation bill after thousands in campaign donations

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Surgical centers score Win on regulation bill after thousands in campaign donations

Single room surgical centers throughout the state would be exempt from a state assessment charged to larger facilities under a bill passed by the senate in June.

The assessment, which is currently charged to all of the state’s two-room and larger ambulatory surgical centers, was specifically carved out of a bill passed by the senate that would require all centers regardless of size to be licensed with the state and submit to regular inspections.  (Isherwood, PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/49926/surgical-centers-score-w-regulation-bill-after-thousands-campaign-donations
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>Scott Garrett: Americans Want a Solution to Debt Crisis, Not a “Deal”

>Scott Garrett: Americans Want a Solution to Debt Crisis, Not a “Deal”

WASHINGTON, August 1, 2011 – Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Vice Chairman of the House Budget Committee and Chairman of the Budget and Spending Task Force for the Republican Study Committee (RSC), issued the following statement tonight after voting against the agreement to raise the debt ceiling:

“While a step in the right direction, this is hardly the resolution I was hoping to come out of this process.  The American people wanted to see us come up with an actual solution to address our deficit and debt crisis, not another ‘deal’ rushed through Congress at the last minute.  Aside from an insufficient amount of spending cuts and the threat of tax hikes on the American people, what is most unfortunate about this bill is the fact that it doesn’t address the exploding costs of our entitlement programs, which are by far the biggest threat to our credit rating.

“Above all else, I am most disappointed in the lack of commitment on the part of negotiators to seeing that a balanced budget amendment was sent to the states for ratification.  No matter how much spending we cut, no matter how many blue ribbon commissions we form, a balanced budget amendment is the only solution that will resolve our long-term deficit and debt problem.  The American people expected more of us—it’s regrettable we put off the tough decisions once again.”

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>Supporters describe Sohail Mohammed as ‘a huge help’

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Supporters describe Sohail Mohammed as ‘a huge help’

As the rubble of Ground Zero smoldered in the months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the investigation was just as hot across the Hudson River.

More than 1,100 Arabs and Muslims — most of them from New York and North Jersey — were rounded up and detained as the FBI feverishly hunted for additional terrorists.

In few places was the spotlight as white-hot — and the fear among Muslims as deep — as in Paterson, where as many as six of the 9/11 hijackers lived or spent time in the weeks before the attacks.  (Parry, The Associated Press)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110801/NEWS02/108010323/Supporters-describe-Muslim-judge-huge-help-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|State
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>Offshore backbone developer foresees huge wind industry along Jersey coast

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DonQuiote theridgewoodblog.net

Offshore backbone developer foresees huge wind industry along Jersey coast


While New Jersey is moving to develop 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind power, Bob Mitchell envisions a much more audacious industry springing up off the coast of the Eastern Seaboard — one he claims could lower steep energy bills for consumers and create tens of thousands of jobs.

Mitchell is the chief executive officer of Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC), a company seeking to build an offshore electric backbone transmission system capable of supporting up to 7,000 megawatts of offshore wind, a $30 billion industry that would strengthen the reliability of the nation’s largest power grid.  (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/11/0731/1820/
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>Chief of MVC hits road for advice

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Chief of MVC hits road for advice

Raymond Martinez is spending his summer on the road and in the belly of the beast.
The chief administrator of the state Motor Vehicle Commission is talking to customers waiting in line, to employees working the counter and the agency managers who try to keep it all moving, as he crisscrosses the state visiting the 39 agencies this summer.

Martinez has a mission beyond the orchestrated meet and greet of an agency head’s visit. He’s collecting information to help chart the MVC’s course, based on customer demand for services.  (Higgs, Gannett)

https://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110731/NEWS02/107310352/Chief-MVC-hits-road-advice?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|State
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>August 1-3 Filming at A Mano

>August 1-3 Filming at A Mano

Filming in Ridgewood


Filming in town next week August 1-3, 2011 (mon, tues, wed). Large section of Chestnut St. and lot spaces 1-10 and 21-28 have been reserved and filming will take place in A Mano. Please plan accordingly.
For more info contact the Chamber at info@ridgwewoodchamber.com or 201-445-2600.



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